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This is a '''List of homicides in 1978'''. It includes homicide cases occuring throughout the [[Birmingham area]] during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law. | This is a '''List of homicides in 1978'''. It includes homicide cases occuring throughout the [[Birmingham area]] during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law. | ||
== | ==[[Jefferson County]]== | ||
==[[Birmingham]]== | ===[[Birmingham]]=== | ||
Birmingham had ___ homicides in [[1978]]. ([[List of Birmingham homicides in 1978|list]]) | Birmingham had ___ homicides in [[1978]]. ([[List of Birmingham homicides in 1978|list]]) | ||
==[[ | ===[[Fultondale]]=== | ||
* [[ | * [[December 15]]: Ruth Burgett, 63, was found raped, stabbed and beaten to death. Her grandson, David Wayne Camper, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. His petitions for parole have been denied eight times since 1988. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/08/birmingham_area_killers_family.html report]) | ||
===[[Kimberly]]=== | |||
* [[January 1]]: Wilson W. Thompson was shot and killed by David Larry Nelson while he was engaged in oral sex with Nelson's girlfriend (who was also injured in the shooting). Nelson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His execution was twice stayed, and he died of natural causes while on death row at Holman Prison in November [[2009]]. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/alabama_death_row_inmate_david.html report]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 16 August 2010
This is a List of homicides in 1978. It includes homicide cases occuring throughout the Birmingham area during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Birmingham had ___ homicides in 1978. (list)
Fultondale
- December 15: Ruth Burgett, 63, was found raped, stabbed and beaten to death. Her grandson, David Wayne Camper, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. His petitions for parole have been denied eight times since 1988. (report)
Kimberly
- January 1: Wilson W. Thompson was shot and killed by David Larry Nelson while he was engaged in oral sex with Nelson's girlfriend (who was also injured in the shooting). Nelson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His execution was twice stayed, and he died of natural causes while on death row at Holman Prison in November 2009. (report)
References
- Birmingham News reports accessed at the microfilm room of the Birmingham Public Library